Mary

[Sam91]

Scripture most certainly is profitable for teaching. But the question is - how do you know what Scripture is?

You claim not to go outside of Scripture as the source for your beliefs. If that is true, then your belief that the New Testament contains 27 books should be found within the Bible itself. So then, tell me what book of the Bible states that there are 27 books of the New Testament that are the inspired word of God, and tells you what these 27 books are. You cannot, and this proves that the source of your belief is from outside of Scripture.

What is the specific basis for your belief that Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and Revelation are the inspired word of God, and that 1 Clement and the Didache are not? If you bought a Bible online and 1 Clement was included between Hebrews and James, would you then believe that 1 Clement is the inspired word of God? Why not?

Do you think that the Bible just dropped out of of the sky as a leather-bound volume with a blue ribbon around it that said “The books herein are the inspired word of God?”

Did the Lord appear to you in a dream and tell you that the New Testament has 27 books?

Most likely your parents told you that the New Testament has 27 books. Or your pastor told you. Or a friend who introduced you to the Christian faith told you. Or you were told by the printing company that packaged the 27 books together and printed them for you, before you purchased it at a bookstore or online.

Could it be that a group of men got together 1,650 years ago and told the members of the Church which writings they possessed were the inspired word of God, and which were not? Could it be that you accept this tradition even though you do not realize it, because you have never researched the question of how the canon of the New Testament was formed?

Oh there are 27 books in the NT... I used to know that 21 years ago lol. Don't know how that altered over time > . <

 

[Saint Beloved]

Scripture most certainly is profitable for teaching. But the question is - how do you know what Scripture is?

You claim not to go outside of Scripture as the source for your beliefs. If that is true, then your belief that the New Testament contains 27 books should be found within the Bible itself. So then, tell me what book of the Bible states that there are 27 books of the New Testament that are the inspired word of God, and tells you what these 27 books are. You cannot, and this proves that the source of your belief is from outside of Scripture.

What is the specific basis for your belief that Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and Revelation are the inspired word of God, and that 1 Clement and the Didache are not? If you bought a Bible online and 1 Clement was included between Hebrews and James, would you then believe that 1 Clement is the inspired word of God? Why not?

Do you think that the Bible just dropped out of of the sky as a leather-bound volume with a blue ribbon around it that said “The books herein are the inspired word of God?”

Did the Lord appear to you in a dream and tell you that the New Testament has 27 books?

Most likely your parents told you that the New Testament has 27 books. Or your pastor told you. Or a friend who introduced you to the Christian faith told you. Or you were told by the printing company that packaged the 27 books together and printed them for you, before you purchased it at a bookstore or online.

Could it be that a group of men got together 1,650 years ago and told the members of the Church which writings they possessed were the inspired word of God, and which were not? Could it be that you accept this tradition even though you do not realize it, because you have never researched the question of how the canon of the New Testament was formed?

If this is how you treat a younger sister in the faith with love and compassion I'd hate to see your wrath for the enemy! God revealed Himself to me long before I read the Bible for myself which only draws me closer.

I'm not here to defend my faith in God I can't defend myself I am nothing of consequence to be defended only what God has seen to put in me.

I question the doctrine of praying to Mary because I've prayed to God and I don't see why if He is sufficient I should learn to rely on another.

I believe God spoke His Word to chosen men of faith who under the guidance of the Holy Spirit wrote and collected what we call the Scriptures and by God's providence He has preserved it to this day.

 

[Sam91]

How many books are in the New Testament, and what are there names?

I can recite them from memory. I just somehow remembered the number of books incorrectly... see my comment above. I actually counted them when I saw you refer to 27 books again.

 

[Saint Beloved]

Scripture most certainly is profitable for teaching. But the question is - how do you know what Scripture is?

You claim not to go outside of Scripture as the source for your beliefs. If that is true, then your belief that the New Testament contains 27 books should be found within the Bible itself. So then, tell me what book of the Bible states that there are 27 books of the New Testament that are the inspired word of God, and tells you what these 27 books are. You cannot, and this proves that the source of your belief is from outside of Scripture.

What is the specific basis for your belief that Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and Revelation are the inspired word of God, and that 1 Clement and the Didache are not? If you bought a Bible online and 1 Clement was included between Hebrews and James, would you then believe that 1 Clement is the inspired word of God? Why not?

Do you think that the Bible just dropped out of of the sky as a leather-bound volume with a blue ribbon around it that said “The books herein are the inspired word of God?”

Did the Lord appear to you in a dream and tell you that the New Testament has 27 books?

Most likely your parents told you that the New Testament has 27 books. Or your pastor told you. Or a friend who introduced you to the Christian faith told you. Or you were told by the printing company that packaged the 27 books together and printed them for you, before you purchased it at a bookstore or online.

Could it be that a group of men got together 1,650 years ago and told the members of the Church which writings they possessed were the inspired word of God, and which were not? Could it be that you accept this tradition even though you do not realize it, because you have never researched the question of how the canon of the New Testament was formed?

I am no scholar just a humble woman seeking to please and glorify God. I am as guilty of accepting tradition without realizing it just as the poor peasants who attended Mass for centuries in a language they didn't know are and followed a God they didn't and couldn't understand.

 

[Sam91]

Scripture most certainly is profitable for teaching. But the question is - how do you know what Scripture is?

You claim not to go outside of Scripture as the source for your beliefs. If that is true, then your belief that the New Testament contains 27 books should be found within the Bible itself. So then, tell me what book of the Bible states that there are 27 books of the New Testament that are the inspired word of God, and tells you what these 27 books are. You cannot, and this proves that the source of your belief is from outside of Scripture.

What is the specific basis for your belief that Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and Revelation are the inspired word of God, and that 1 Clement and the Didache are not? If you bought a Bible online and 1 Clement was included between Hebrews and James, would you then believe that 1 Clement is the inspired word of God? Why not?

Do you think that the Bible just dropped out of of the sky as a leather-bound volume with a blue ribbon around it that said “The books herein are the inspired word of God?”

Did the Lord appear to you in a dream and tell you that the New Testament has 27 books?

Most likely your parents told you that the New Testament has 27 books. Or your pastor told you. Or a friend who introduced you to the Christian faith told you. Or you were told by the printing company that packaged the 27 books together and printed them for you, before you purchased it at a bookstore or online.

Could it be that a group of men got together 1,650 years ago and told the members of the Church which writings they possessed were the inspired word of God, and which were not? Could it be that you accept this tradition even though you do not realize it, because you have never researched the question of how the canon of the New Testament was formed?

I have indeed read about how the scipture was canonised and that other books were included by accident and later dropped when someone read it thoroughly. I have also read 1 clement and the verse about the pheonix is in error. (I assume).

I am not willing to get into an actual arguement about scripture. Before this discussion was ok because it wasn't with any fleshly need to debate. It felt pure. I thing my debating further at this time wouldn't be in line with who I am in Christ as it could turn into sin.

 

[W2L]

Show me where the Catholic Church teaches that Mary is the Holy Spirit?

You misunderstood me.

 

[PeaceB]

I am no scholar just a humble woman seeking to please and glorify God. I am as guilty of accepting tradition without realizing it just as the poor peasants who attended Mass for centuries in a language they didn't know are and followed a God they didn't and couldn't understand.

If you accept the traditions spoken of below, there is no reason to feel guilty.

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.​

 

[ChristianFromKazakhstan]

Necromancy is condemned, which is different. Praying to Dead Folks | Catholic Answers

Only GOD is almighty, not human beings. Creatures are limited. The Creator is not.

 

[PeaceB]

Only GOD is almighty, not human beings. Creatures are limited. The Creator is not.

Nobody disagrees with this. You are simply creating straw men.

 

[ChristianFromKazakhstan]

Nobody disagrees with this. You are simply creating straw men.

No. Worshipping Mary is simply creating an idol woman.

 

[Albion]

If you accept the traditions spoken of below, there is no reason to feel guilty.

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.​

So...what ARE "the traditions spoken of below??"

 

[ChristianFromKazakhstan]

Mother Goddess has been worshiped for millenia. This cult has moved onto Mary with the advent of Churchianity.

GOD is GOD. Human beings are mere creatures.

 

[PeaceB]

So...what ARE "the traditions spoken of below??"

I already gave one example in this thread.

 

[Aramazd]

If you have questions why Catholics Pray to Mary(not worship, there is a difference), simple answer is its us as sinners asking for Mary to go to Jesus on our behalf.

The more complicated answer is the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Enjoy the read, it will answer all your questions.

PART FOUR
CHRISTIAN PRAYER

SECTION ONE
PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
CHAPTER TWO
THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
ARTICLE 2
THE WAY OF PRAYER
2663 In the living tradition of prayer, each Church proposes to its faithful, according to its historic, social, and cultural context, a language for prayer: words, melodies, gestures, iconography. The Magisterium of the Church15 has the task of discerning the fidelity of these ways of praying to the tradition of apostolic faith; it is for pastors and catechists to explain their meaning, always in relation to Jesus Christ.
2664 There is no other way of Christian prayer than Christ. Whether our prayer is communal or personal, vocal or interior, it has access to the Father only if we pray "in the name" of Jesus. The sacred humanity of Jesus is therefore the way by which the Holy Spirit teaches us to pray to God our Father.
2665 The prayer of the Church, nourished by the Word of God and the celebration of the liturgy, teaches us to pray to the Lord Jesus. Even though her prayer is addressed above all to the Father, it includes in all the liturgical traditions forms of prayer addressed to Christ. Certain psalms, given their use in the Prayer of the Church, and the New Testament place on our lips and engrave in our hearts prayer to Christ in the form of invocations: Son of God, Word of God, Lord, Savior, Lamb of God, King, Beloved Son, Son of the Virgin, Good Shepherd, our Life, our Light, our Hope, our Resurrection, Friend of mankind. . . .
2666 But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves."16 The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him.17
2667 This simple invocation of faith developed in the tradition of prayer under many forms in East and West. The most usual formulation, transmitted by the spiritual writers of the Sinai, Syria, and Mt. Athos, is the invocation, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners." It combines the Christological hymn of Philippians 2:6-11 with the cry of the publican and the blind men begging for light.18 By it the heart is opened to human wretchedness and the Savior's mercy.
2668 The invocation of the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. When the holy name is repeated often by a humbly attentive heart, the prayer is not lost by heaping up empty phrases,19 but holds fast to the word and "brings forth fruit with patience."20 This prayer is possible "at all times" because it is not one occupation among others but the only occupation: that of loving God, which animates and transfigures every action in Christ Jesus.
2669 The prayer of the Church venerates and honors the Heart of Jesus just as it invokes his most holy name. It adores the incarnate Word and his Heart which, out of love for men, he allowed to be pierced by our sins. Christian prayer loves to follow the way of the cross in the Savior's steps. The stations from the Praetorium to Golgotha and the tomb trace the way of Jesus, who by his holy Cross has redeemed the world.
2670 "No one can say 'Jesus is Lord' except by the Holy Spirit."21 Every time we begin to pray to Jesus it is the Holy Spirit who draws us on the way of prayer by his prevenient grace. Since he teaches us to pray by recalling Christ, how could we not pray to the Spirit too? That is why the Church invites us to call upon the Holy Spirit every day, especially at the beginning and the end of every important action.
If the Spirit should not be worshiped, how can he divinize me through Baptism? If he should be worshiped, should he not be the object of adoration?22
2672 The Holy Spirit, whose anointing permeates our whole being, is the interior Master of Christian prayer. He is the artisan of the living tradition of prayer. To be sure, there are as many paths of prayer as there are persons who pray, but it is the same Spirit acting in all and with all. It is in the communion of the Holy Spirit that Christian prayer is prayer in the Church.
2673 In prayer the Holy Spirit unites us to the person of the only Son, in his glorified humanity, through which and in which our filial prayer unites us in the Church with the Mother of Jesus.27
2674 Mary gave her consent in faith at the Annunciation and maintained it without hesitation at the foot of the Cross. Ever since, her motherhood has extended to the brothers and sisters of her Son "who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties."28 Jesus, the only mediator, is the way of our prayer; Mary, his mother and ours, is wholly transparent to him: she "shows the way" (hodigitria), and is herself "the Sign" of the way, according to the traditional iconography of East and West.
2675 Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the Churches developed their prayer to the holy Mother of God, centering it on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries. In countless hymns and antiphons expressing this prayer, two movements usually alternate with one another: the first "magnifies" the Lord for the "great things" he did for his lowly servant and through her for all human beings29 the second entrusts the supplications and praises of the children of God to the Mother of Jesus, because she now knows the humanity which, in her, the Son of God espoused.
2676 This twofold movement of prayer to Mary has found a privileged expression in the Ave Maria:
Hail Mary [or Rejoice, Mary]: the greeting of the angel Gabriel opens this prayer. It is God himself who, through his angel as intermediary, greets Mary. Our prayer dares to take up this greeting to Mary with the regard God had for the lowliness of his humble servant and to exult in the joy he finds in her.30
Full of grace, the Lord is with thee: These two phrases of the angel's greeting shed light on one another. Mary is full of grace because the Lord is with her. The grace with which she is filled is the presence of him who is the source of all grace. "Rejoice . . . O Daughter of Jerusalem . . . the Lord your God is in your midst."31 Mary, in whom the Lord himself has just made his dwelling, is the daughter of Zion in person, the ark of the covenant, the place where the glory of the Lord dwells. She is "the dwelling of God . . . with men."32 Full of grace, Mary is wholly given over to him who has come to dwell in her and whom she is about to give to the world.
Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. After the angel's greeting, we make Elizabeth's greeting our own. "Filled with the Holy Spirit," Elizabeth is the first in the long succession of generations who have called Mary "blessed."33 "Blessed is she who believed. . . . "34 Mary is "blessed among women" because she believed in the fulfillment of the Lord's word. Abraham, because of his faith, became a blessing for all the nations of the earth.35 Mary, because of her faith, became the mother of believers, through whom all nations of the earth receive him who is God's own blessing: Jesus, the "fruit of thy womb."
2677 Holy Mary, Mother of God: With Elizabeth we marvel, "And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"36 Because she gives us Jesus, her son, Mary is Mother of God and our mother; we can entrust all our cares and petitions to her: she prays for us as she prayed for herself: "Let it be to me according to your word."37 By entrusting ourselves to her prayer, we abandon ourselves to the will of God together with her: "Thy will be done."
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death: By asking Mary to pray for us, we acknowledge ourselves to be poor sinners and we address ourselves to the "Mother of Mercy," the All-Holy One. We give ourselves over to her now, in the Today of our lives. And our trust broadens further, already at the present moment, to surrender "the hour of our death" wholly to her care. May she be there as she was at her son's death on the cross. May she welcome us as our mother at the hour of our passing38 to lead us to her son, Jesus, in paradise.
2678 Medieval piety in the West developed the prayer of the rosary as a popular substitute for the Liturgy of the Hours. In the East, the litany called the Akathistos and the Paraclesis remained closer to the choral office in the Byzantine churches, while the Armenian, Coptic, and Syriac traditions preferred popular hymns and songs to the Mother of God. But in the Ave Maria, the theotokia, the hymns of St. Ephrem or St. Gregory of Narek, the tradition of prayer is basically the same.
2679 Mary is the perfect Orans (pray-er), a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple we welcome Jesus' mother into our homes,39 for she has become the mother of all the living. We can pray with and to her. The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary and united with it in hope.40
IN BRIEF
2680 Prayer is primarily addressed to the Father; it can also be directed toward Jesus, particularly by the invocation of his holy name: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners."
2681 "No one can say 'Jesus is Lord', except by the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor 12:3). The Church invites us to invoke the Holy Spirit as the interior Teacher of Christian prayer.
2682 Because of Mary's singular cooperation with the action of the Holy Spirit, the Church loves to pray in communion with the Virgin Mary, to magnify with her the great things the Lord has done for her, and to entrust supplications and praises to her.
15 Cf. DV 10.
16 Cf. Ex 3:14; 33:19-23; Mt 1:21.
17 Rom 10:13; Acts 2:21; 3:15-16; Gal 2:20.
18 Cf. Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:13.
19 Cf. Mt 6:7.
20 Cf. Lk 8:15.
21 1 Cor 12:3.
22 St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio, 31,28G 36,165.
23 Cf. Lk 11:13.
24 Cf. Jn 14:17; 15:26; 16:13.
25 Roman Missal, Pentecost Sequence.
26 Byzantine Liturgy, Pentecost Vespers, Troparion.
27 Cf. Acts 1:14.
28 LG 62.
29 Cf. Lk 1:46-55.
30 Cf. Lk 1:48; Zeph 3:17b.
31 Zeph 3:14,17a.
32 Rev 21:3.
33 Lk 1:41, 48.
34 Lk 1:45.
35 Cf. Gen 12:3.
36 Lk 1:43.
37 Lk 1:38.
38 Cf. Jn 19:27.
39 Cf. Jn 19:27.
40 Cf. LG 68-69.

 

[PeaceB]

No. Worshipping Mary is simply creating an idol woman.

More straw.

 

[JESUS=G.O.A.T]

Scripture most certainly is profitable for teaching. But the question is - how do you know what Scripture is?

You claim not to go outside of Scripture as the source for your beliefs. If that is true, then your belief that the New Testament contains 27 books should be found within the Bible itself. So then, tell me what book of the Bible states that there are 27 books of the New Testament that are the inspired word of God, and tells you what these 27 books are. You cannot, and this proves that the source of your belief is from outside of Scripture.

What is the specific basis for your belief that Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and Revelation are the inspired word of God, and that 1 Clement and the Didache are not? If you bought a Bible online and 1 Clement was included between Hebrews and James, would you then believe that 1 Clement is the inspired word of God? Why not?

Do you think that the Bible just dropped out of of the sky as a leather-bound volume with a blue ribbon around it that said “The books herein are the inspired word of God?”

Did the Lord appear to you in a dream and tell you that the New Testament has 27 books?

Most likely your parents told you that the New Testament has 27 books. Or your pastor told you. Or a friend who introduced you to the Christian faith told you. Or you were told by the printing company that packaged the 27 books together and printed them for you, before you purchased it at a bookstore or online.

Could it be that a group of men got together 1,650 years ago and told the members of the Church which writings they possessed were the inspired word of God, and which were not? Could it be that you accept this tradition even though you do not realize it, because you have never researched the question of how the canon of the New Testament was formed?

Well i'm sure many of us believe there are other books, there is the song of hebrews for example, but I never see a reason to really look deep into those other ones if you can live right with the ones we have. I get your point though.

 

[ChristianFromKazakhstan]

More straw.

No. Mary is mortal human being. She is not GOD

 

[W2L]

Well, this thread has ran its course, i suppose im done now. Debates like this tend to strengthen my belief in liberty from religion. Praise the Lord for His spirit, who sets me free from this religious mess.

 

[ChristianFromKazakhstan]

Prayong to Mary is IDOLATRY

 

[Saint Beloved]

How do I know that this isn't just [VERSE=Ecclesiastes 7:29,KJV_APOCRYPHA]Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.[/VERSE] ?